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Coming up are a few of the most remarkable facts about Tudor London – plus tips on where to find the remnants of this period in the modern capital.

The population was booming

The number of London residents rose from 85,000 by 1565 to 155,000 by 1605, an increase of almost 100 per cent that represents something of a population explosion.

The surge was driven by immigration from elsewhere in the country and abroad. Peter Ackroyd, in his book London: The Biography, estimates that one-sixth of all Englishman became Londoners in the second half of the 16th...